>What the accidentals =, ^, _ mean? Are they "absolute" (e g "_e" means >"e flat") or are they in relation to the key (e g "=e" means "e flat" >in Bb major)?
Accidentals in abc work exactly in the same way as in modern staff notation, that is "_e" means "e flat", even if the e was sharp or flat already as the result of the key signature or an accidental earlier in the bar. Accidentals apply only to the note they precede and any other instances of that note later in the same bar, and not to the same note in a different octave. (Note though that the early music people prefer accidentals to apply only to the following note, leaving any later instance of the note unchanged, and some programs may permit this as an option.) Phil Taylor To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html
